What was the meeting of the first continental congress in 1774 a significant event? a. it provided the colonists with a temporary form of parliamentay representation. b. it resulted in the exclution of shipkeepers, artisans, and farmers from the boycott. c. it showed the parliament had failed to convince the colonists to remain in the british empire. d. it represented an attempt to unify colonies ad colonists against the coercive acts.